Plating-rack.



No. 890,882. PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908.

H. v. SMITH. PLATING RACK.

APPLICATION I'IL BD 00T.28, 1907.

Mata moses e no; 890,882.-

'To cll'w homit may concern:

IIUNITED STAWENT oEEIoE;

HENRY VvSMITH, OF'B'RIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR 0E ONE-HALF TO EUGENE H. SMITH, OF BRIDGEPORT,CONNECTICUT.

.PLATING-RAQK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 28, 1907.- Serial No.'399,546

Beatknown that I, HENRY V. SMITH, a

Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Plating-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the electroplating of spoons, forks, ac. and has for its ob'ect to provide a rack for holding spools an forks while in the electrolytic bath, which shall be so shaped as to shadow orprotect the,in-.

ner si es of the bowls and handles of spoons or forks, so that very much less silver will be deposited on the protected sides than on the exposed or outer sides, that is the sides toward the anodes in the bath, and which may be made of insulatin material so that none ordinarily silver, will oftthe precious metal,

It is of course well be deposited thereon.

. understood that in use the greater ortion of the Wear upon. lated spoons an forks ,is upon the backs ofthe bowls and handles. is desirable, therefore, to de o sit double, more or less, the amount-ofs' ver upon the backlsof spoons and forks that is deposited upon the inner sides thereof, and to perform this operation of practically double-plating the backs and single-plating the inner sides at a single operation, and furthermore to suspend the spoons and-forks .in such a mannerthat no marks will be left upon-them.

WIth these and other objects in view I have devised the novel plating rack, of which cated-byll.

the following descri tion in"connection'w'ith the accompanying rawing is aspecification, reference characters being used to indicate the-several parts.- v

Figure 1- 1s an elevationof my novel rack as m use; ,2 a' section of one of the forms detached, on the'line'2-2 in Fig. 1' looking in the dlrectlon of the arrows, the position' of a spoon In use beingindicated by dotted lines;

and Figs. 3 and 4 are. elevations from different points of view, illustrating a variant form of theinvention.

My novel rack comprisesaframe 1O is made of wire and a plurality' of forms indi-- The frame may be made of any convenient design and may carry anyrequired number of forms, for example, five as shown in the drawing, although a greater number 'of forms connected.

deposited thereon.

The upper ortion of the frame com. rises a handle, indicated by 12, the side pieces of which are referably bath. The forms may be made of any suit- -ablematerial, which may be insulating material or not, as preferred, and are provided with convex faces, indicated by 25, to corres 0nd substantially with the inner sides of the articles to be ,lated, as will be readily understood from ig. 2, which illustrates a form especially adapted for use in plating spoons.

Patented June 16, .1908.

is ordinarily placed upon each-frame in use.

rovided with hookshaped ben s, indicate by 13, as a conven-- ient means for suspending the rack-in the 14 denotes retaining wires which aresecured in the fift es and simply serve asmeans for retaining the spoonsor forks 1n position.

These retaining wiresare not electrically 15 denotes su porting wires upon .which the s oons or for are suspended and which are e ectrically connected.

As a convenient means of constructing th forms I have shown in Fig. 2' a form made in i a single piece and provided with ametal .block 16 centrally recessed therein through which thesupporting wires ass, the ends of the openingfor the block eing closed by 1-8. Wires '17 and also the lower cross piece of the frame, indicated specifically by 19, are preferably covered with insulating material 20, so that none" of the precious metal will be I thus effect a great saving in thecost of plating, 'as there is no loss of the precious metal by deposit on the rack, and accelerate the deposltion of the precious-metal on the spoons or forks to be plated. v ,gThe-form illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 differs from the other form in that instead of ,bingimade in one piece it comprises side piecesjindicated' by 21, and cross pieces in 'dicat'ed .by 22, 'thesupporting Wires being ?connected towires 1 7 by means of wires 23. The 0 eration of my' noyel rack in use WIll plu s 24. A wire 17 extends outward fromeac block and is connected to a current wire be read' y understood from Fig.2, in which I have indicated the position of a spoon rela-' tively to the form by dotted lines. The s oons or forks, as may be, are placed upon the .forms, as shown,two on each form, and

then the rack is suspended in the electrolytic bath by hook-shaped bends 13 or in any suitable manner.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. A plating rack comprising a plurality of forms shaped to correspond with the inner faces of the articles to be plated and prothe frame and electrical insulating material and sha vided with supporting wires, a frame by which the forms are carried and electrical connections with the supporting wires. 2. A plating rack comprising a plurality of forms made of insulating material and provided with supportin wires, said forms being shaped to correspon with the inner faces of the articles to be plated, a frame by which the forms are carried, insulating material. on connections with the supporting wires.

3. A lating rack comprising forms having sugporting wires for the articles to be plated, a ame by which the forms are carried and insulating material on the frame to preventdeposition of metal thereon.

4. A form for electroplaters use made of ed to correspond with the articles to be p ated, supporting wires in said form and electrical connections with the supporting wires. 5. A form for eleetroplaters use having a 1 convex face to correspond with the bowl of a spoon and a shank to correspond with the handle of a spoon, the spoon is carried and electrical connections with the supporti wires.

6. A form for e ectrop aters use made of insulating material andhaving convex faces to corres 0nd with the bowls of the spoons and shan s .corres onding with the handles of the spoons an having a'metallic block recessed therein, sup orting'wires for spoons connected with the lock and an electrical connection with said block.

' 7. A plating rack comprising a plurality of forms having op osite convex faces to corre spond with the owls of spoons, a frame by which the forms are carried and electrical connections, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

8. A platin rack comprising a plurality of forms made 0 insulating material, means for attaching spoons thereto and electrical con nee'tions.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

p v HENRY V. SMI TH.

Witnesses:

E. J. BULLOCK, GEO. P. I'r'rIe.

supporting wires by which 

